GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

SOLAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is
A
Ptolomy
B
Galileo
C
Copernicus
D
Kepler
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ptolemaic system, also called geocentric system or geocentric model, mathematical model of the universe formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy about 150 CE and recorded by him in his Almagest and Planetary Hypotheses.

Detailed explanation-2: -An Earth-Centered View of the Universe. The Earth was the center of the Universe according to Claudius Ptolemy, whose view of the cosmos persisted for 1400 years until it was overturned-with controversy-by findings from Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.

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